Cain

Role: son of Adam and Eve · First appears: Genesis 4

In Genesis 4, Adam and Eve became Cain’s parents; Eve gave birth to him, saying, “I have gotten a man from the LORD.” Cain had a brother, Abel, and brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to God, but God rejected Cain’s offering while accepting Abel’s.

Cain spoke with Abel, then, when they were in the field, rose against him and killed him: “Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” God cursed Cain so that the ground would not yield its strength, making him a fugitive and vagabond, but also marked him to prevent others from killing him. Cain went out from God’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, and he became the parent of Enoch.

Relationship record

Life events

• Eve gives birth to Cain.(Genesis 4)
  • With: Eve
  • “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.”
• God accepts Abel’s offering but rejects Cain’s offering.(Genesis 4)
  • With: God Abel
  • “And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.”
• Cain rises against Abel and kills him.(Genesis 4 · 📍 the field)
  • With: Abel
  • “and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
• God curses Cain, making the ground unproductive and Cain a fugitive.(Genesis 4)
  • With: God
  • “And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.”
• God marks Cain and protects him from being killed.(Genesis 4)
  • With: God
  • “And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.”
• Cain leaves God’s presence and settles in the land of Nod.(Genesis 4 · 📍 the land of Nod)
  • “And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.”

Genesis 4

• parent: Adam “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain”
• parent: Eve “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain”
• siblings with Abel “And Cain talked with Abel his brother:”
• slain: Abel “Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
• judge: God “And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;”
• child: Enoch “And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch:”
• deity: God “And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.”
• with God (God rejected Cain's offering.) “But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.